Optrix Documentation ardiadminguide

3D Model

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 01:03:18 +0000

3D Model In ARDI-VE, a 3D model describes the shape of an object, in three dimensions. You can create your own 3D models, but where possible we suggest downloading them from our ARDI Model Library - most are free, and they will save you a considerable amount of time.

Active Elements

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:59:39 +0000

Active Elements Depending on your ARDI license, you may be limited to the number of active elements you can have in your ARDI Database at any one time. The active element count can be slightly confusing. To determine the number of active elements you're using, you need to count two things - Active Assets and Active Links.

How-To Add A Child To An Asset

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 22:43:57 +0000

How-To Add A Child To An Asset The simplest way to add a new child asset to an existing one is to open the diagram page for the parent asset. If the asset doesn't have a relationship of the type you're looking for... * Click Show All (at the end of the list of relationships)

Adding Drivers to ARDI

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:38:57 +0000

Adding Drivers to ARDI Installing your driver is only the first step to getting it working. Because ARDI supports a number of ARDI databases on the one machine, and not all of your databases may want to use that particular driver, installing a driver simply makes it available

How-To Add A Parent To An Asset

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:31:32 +0000

How-To Add A Parent To An Asset It's almost always easier to add a child asset to a parent one - we suggest doing that where possible. However, if you don't already have an asset as a parent, you can use the insert control to add one. WARNING - If your asset already

HowTo: Add or Set a Property on an Asset

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:45:08 +0000

HowTo: Add or Set a Property on an Asset To update the value of a property on an asset, go to it's property detail. Initially, you'll only be shown the values that are already set, or have been brought in from the assets templates. If the property you want to set isn't shown, press the

Adding a Reference

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:55:48 +0000

Adding a Reference You can add a reference on your asset from the property detail page. Go to the bottom of the page (pictured below) to find the reference list. Clicking on 'Add Reference' will reveal the following options.... Simply start typing the asset name in the Asset

Creating An Asset

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:53:17 +0000

Creating An Asset The easiest place to add an asset to ARDI is to go to the asset diagram of it's hierarchy Parents & Children. For example, if you're adding an asset that is part of a machine, it's best to go to the location hierarchy, locate the machine, then add it as a child of the machine. Pressing the '+' button on the

Auto Historian Link

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 01:24:12 +0000

Auto Historian Link While some data sources are only suitable for live data and others are only suitable for historical, there are times - particularly with databases - where your sources can be both. When both your live and your historical source share the same address (for example, the data for the value of the temperature in device R9925 is

Modbus/TCP Output

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 05:00:26 +0000

Modbus/TCP Output This addon makes specific properties available via the industrial protocol Modbus/TCP. Configuration Unfortunately, Modbus/TCP is a very basic protocol designed primarily around older programmable logic controllers, so you will need to tell ARDI how to 'map' your data onto the Modbus address space.

Notifier (Addon)

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 03:05:19 +0000

Notifier (Addon) ARDI can be used to send out messages when either alerts occur or when values change. This is done through the Notifier addon. Installing From your console on Ubuntu/Debian/Raspbian, type... sudo apt-get install ardi-notifier Enabling

OPC-UA Output

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:52:57 +0000

OPC-UA Output This addon makes the properties of specific assets available via the industrial protocol OPC-UA. Configuration OPC-UA already understands the concept of hierarchical data, so configuring your outputs is actually quite easy. Nominate a

Recorder (Addon)

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 01:23:15 +0000

Recorder (Addon) Although we always suggest having your own, independent historian (such as PI Historian), some applications are too small or have to little budget to allow for the time and expense. For these smaller applications, we have the ARDI

Addon List

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 21:25:38 +0000

Addon List There are several styles of addon available in ARDI, which are shown below... Extension Addons Extension addons make small changes to the ARDI user interface to make specific tasks easier to acomplish. Addon NamePackageDetailAuto Historian Linkardi-autohistlink

Addons

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:49:54 +0000

Addons Addons are used in ARDI for several reasons.... * To integrate ARDI with another system, such as a Document Management System or ERP system. * To provide additional visualisations, such as the Notify addon. * To extend the functionality of ARDI and allow additional features that aren't part of the core product.

Address Type

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:51:09 +0000

Address Type The address property type stores a physical, street address. It's primarily used to store address information for locations and staff. Note that if your clients aren't connected to the Internet, you would be better off using the text type for this property, as this displays a Google Maps map.

Admin. Lists

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:29:31 +0000

Admin. Lists The Administration page can take you to a number of lists of components such as contexts, properties or relationships. Each of these lists look and work in a very similar way. You're shown an alphabetically-sorted list of the items. From here you can.... * Create a new item by clicking on the 'Add' button below the list,

Administration Page

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 02:14:43 +0000

Administration Page The Administration page is where you access the bulk of your ARDI administrative functions, such as the ability to add new properties, relationships and contexts. It is accessed from the sidebar. The Administration menu option appears for any user who has been marked as an

Administrators

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:21:42 +0000

Administrators An administrator is a user who has been given the Admin role. They have the ability to make large-scale changes to an ARDI database, such as adding new properties, relationships, etc.

Administrators

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 06:36:01 +0000

Administrators Administrator is a user-access level in ARDI that allows complete access to the system apart from the ability to install new software updates and components. An administrative user has access to all assets and can create new users, assets and data sources. They can also create new relationships or properties for objects.

The Alert List

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:39:59 +0000

The Alert List The alert list is a simple list of active alerts that can be accessed from the sidebar. Clicking on any of the alerts will take you to the dashboard of the asset that raised the alert, where you will be able to find more information.

Alert Update Page

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:16:27 +0000

Alert Update Page This is the page used to create and edit alerts. OptionDescriptionNameThe name should be relatively short, but meaningful.DescriptionA longer description of the issue and possibly any guesses to its causeTypeSome alerts relate to a particular relationship - ie. an alert about low power will be associated with the

Alerts

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:39:04 +0000

Alerts Alerts allow ARDI to notify users of important issues with an asset. For example, alerts will often indicate that a measurement has exceeded safe levels or that a device is due for maintenance or repair. Alerts can be viewed, created and removed from the

Analog

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:08:18 +0000

Analog An analogue (or analog in US English) value is a value that is not restricted to 0 or 1 like a digital, or whole numbers like a discrete number, but instead can be any number - including fractions of numbers - within a certain range. Analogue signals are used for real measurements, such as temperature, pressure, flow rates, wind direction etc.

AQL Query

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:27:20 +0000

AQL Query AQL stands for ARDI Query Language. It's a simplistic language based roughly on the SQL standard that allows you to select assets based on criteria. NOTE: The AQL language is in a very early stage - its current functionality is rather limited.

Citect Historian Driver

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:45:11 +0000

Citect Historian Driver This driver is used to access historical information from one or more Citect Historian SQL servers. Citect Historian saves its records in Microsoft SQL Server, and includes a number of functions to make querying that data more efficient.

Citect Live Driver

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:34:03 +0000

Citect Live Driver This driver is used to access live information from one or more Citect servers. This driver takes advantage of the Citect CtAPI to read live data from Citect tags. As this is only available as a Windows DLL, this means that this addon

Modbus/TCP Driver

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:09:42 +0000

Modbus/TCP Driver This driver is used to access live information from one or more Modbus/TCP devices. Note that because the Modbus protocol has no concept of history, this driver is live only. Installation To install in Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Raspbian), use the following command

Microsoft SQL Server Driver

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 03:02:18 +0000

Microsoft SQL Server Driver This driver is used to access information from a Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) database. MSSQL is supported by the Recording addon. Installation To install in Debian-based Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Raspbian), use the following command... sudo apt-get install ardi-mssql

MySQL Driver

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 03:02:08 +0000

MySQL Driver This driver is used to access information from a MySQL database. MySQL is a very fast, powerful and inexpensive open source database solution. Although it is relatively slow to write to, it's read performance is excellent. MySQL is supported by the

PI Web Services Driver

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:33:20 +0000

PI Web Services Driver This driver is used to access information from a PI Historian server. PI historian is an excellent system used to record process data in a wide range of industrial and commercial markets. Note that on newer systems, we suggest moving to

Random Number Driver

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 23:51:51 +0000

Random Number Driver The ARDI random number driver produces simulated measurements between 1 and 100. If you'd like a little more structure to your data, you could try using the sine-wave driver. Driver Versions The random number installer includes both live and historical drivers.

Sine Wave Driver

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 03:06:05 +0000

Sine Wave Driver The ARDI sine-wave driver produces simulated measurements between 1 and 100. Unlike the random number driver, the sine-wave driver slowly ramps the measurements up and down over time to follow a sine-wave pattern. Each measurement is slightly out-of-phase with those before it, meaning that if you are looking at a number of assets at the same time, you'll see the measurement change slowly across any relationship or report.

Text File Driver

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 22:59:50 +0000

Text File Driver The text-file driver is used to connect your ARDI assets to the data present in a text file, such as a tab or comma-delimited file. This is extremely useful if you have some of your data, models or simulations in spreadsheet form. The text driver allows you to load that spreadsheet directly into ARDI.

ARDI Database

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 08:03:40 +0000

ARDI Database An ARDI database is a single collection of assets, relationships and properties. A single ARDI server can provide access to several databases, each of which cover different, isolated sections of your area of interest. For example, in many cases you would have a different ARDI database for each

ARDI Environment Creator

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 04:26:26 +0000

ARDI Environment Creator ARDI Environment Creator is a tool used by Optrix and deployed to select sites to allow them to very quickly convert their existing knowledge about their site - floorplans, maps, drawings, LIDAR scans, contours etc. - into 3D models.

ARDI Installation Troubleshooting Guide

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:03:33 +0000

ARDI Installation Troubleshooting Guide Issue Solution Error 500 when accessing ARDIChecking the ARDI Error Log When I try to access ARDI in my web browser, I get an error about IonCube.Installing IonCube

ARDI Server: Advanced Topics

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 01:19:51 +0000

ARDI Server: Advanced Topics This section includes a number of advanced topics or special features that are designed for specific, unusual use cases. * Manually Launching Drivers * Running Drivers on Remote Systems * Running ARDI Services Under Domain Accounts * Running ARDI on Other Ports * Redirecting Data Sources Application Notes * Splitters

ARDI Web Interface Site Map

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:34:17 +0000

ARDI Web Interface Site Map This section acts as a guide to the different pages available in the ARDI web interface, and their documentation. It's designed for users who prefer to discover software by simply diving in and discovering, rather than reading the manual first.

ARDI Windows Services

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 23:42:38 +0000

ARDI Windows Services ARDI runs several services on your system. These include... ServiceDescriptionApache2Apache is the web service that ARDI uses to deliver web contentMySQLThe database backend that ARDI uses to store informationConsolidatorOne consolidator exists for every site. The consolidator is responsible for distributing live value data

Area Of Effect

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:11:07 +0000

Area Of Effect Area-Of-Effect is a system built into ARDI-VE to allow you to visualise properties that aren't usually visible in any way on their own - particularly those properties such as rates of air-flow or gas levels that exist between assets.

Assets

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:58:22 +0000

Assets Everything is an asset. Every piece of equipment you have, every sensor, every person, every vehicle - they are all examples of assets. Assets don't even need to be physical objects. Plant areas, departments and regions can also be examples of assets in ARDI, and are often used to group other ARDI assets together.

Asset Creation Page

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:45:29 +0000

Asset Creation Page You create new assets from the Asset Creation Page. You'll be asked to fill in the most critical pieces of information for your asset. Amongst those are the name, ERN, any identifying properties and (optionally) the description for the asset.

Asset Guidelines

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:03:24 +0000

Asset Guidelines These are guidelines that should be followed when building your ARDI system. These guidelines are suggestions – they are not enforced. Asset Naming Always properly capitalise your asset names. It can be difficult to give unique names to your assets, but we suggest always trying to do so. Normally, your ISA-95 or Location hierarchy will give you pointers, particularly if you have sections of your system that you expect to duplicate.

How To: Assets

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 02:37:02 +0000

How To: Assets Assets are the most vital component of an ARDI system and understanding how to work with them is extremely important. * How Do I Find an Asset? * How Do I Create An Asset? * How Do I Edit An Asset? * How Do I Duplicate An Asset? * How Do I Delete An Asset? * How Do I Delete Relationships Between Assets

Asset List

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:54:34 +0000

Asset List The Asset List Report (accessible from Tools | Reports on the Sidebar) provides a simple list of the assets present in ARDI. This includes the name, ERN and the internal numeric ID ARDI assigns to each asset. The 'Export To File' button at the bottom of the page allows you to export the data to a CSV file you can then open with spreadsheet tools such as Excel.

Assigning a 3D Model to an Asset

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:35:30 +0000

Assigning a 3D Model to an Asset Follow the steps below... * Find the asset you'd like to assign a model to - or better yet, choose the type of asset you'd like to assign a model to. * Open the detail page for the asset. * Pick 'Placement & 3D from the Navigation Bar.

Assigning Properties & Assets to Models

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:07:20 +0000

Assigning Properties & Assets to Models A 3D model may be very simple, or may be quite complicated and made up of several distinct parts. When you have multi-part 3D models, you have a few additional options beyond the normal choices. As an example, we will look at showing properties on the 3D model of a car.

Assigning Values to Properties

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:36:01 +0000

Assigning Values to Properties There are several video FAQs on this particular action. Adding a new property to an asset. Changing an existing property to an asset. Alternatively, you can read the section on Changing Asset Properties.

Assigning Assets and Properties to Models

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 06:19:52 +0000

Assigning Assets and Properties to Models This is a practical example of the topic covered here - attaching several assets to a single 3D model. Download the backup file here - The example includes a simple environment and one 3D asset - a car. Currently, our asset Location hierarchy looks like this

Attributes

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:07:02 +0000

Attributes Some properties contain more than one piece of information - for example, GPS properties contain both latitude and longitude, while measurements contains value, units, decimal places and both minimum and maximum values. These points if information inside a property are called

Auto Linking

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:42:36 +0000

Auto Linking Automatic linking allows you to set up data bindings quickly and easily, if your data-backend is consistent enough to allow it. Before the system can function, you need to upload a text/CSV file containing all of the valid points that ARDI could connect to

Auto-Linking Options

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:51:37 +0000

Auto-Linking Options This page allows you to upload the files used by ARDIs Auto Linking and validation systems to ensure that your points are linked to the correct values in your information systems. The file you need to upload is simply a one-address-per-line text file. This is normally created by exporting a list of valid points from your information management system.

Automatic Linking

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:19:30 +0000

Automatic Linking Automatic linking attempts to automate the process of linking your properties to live or historical data. At its simplest level, it uses an asset that you've already linked to data and uses it as an example of how it should be done for other assets.

Backup and Restore

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 05:55:03 +0000

Backup and Restore While we do provide backup and restore functionality, please note that the main intention of these features is to allow ARDI databases to be moved, normally from development to production servers. While the system is reliable, we suggest using

Backing Up ARDI

Thu, 27 Apr 2017 05:16:33 +0000

Backing Up ARDI You can backup your ARDI installation by going to the Administration page (via the sidebar) and hitting 'Backup Database'. You will be given a few options for components you might want to back up. For the largest but most complete backup, make sure that every option is checked.

Bad Data

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 22:37:58 +0000

Bad Data The Bad Data report details all of the points of data coming from live sources that are bad - the driver is reporting that they can't be found or are incorrectly mapped. Note - this report can take quite some time to load if your data sets are large

Before You Begin

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:01:09 +0000

Before You Begin This documentation is reference material that is best suited for people who have already completed the Site Creators Guide. The Creators Guide discusses more about the overall philosophy of an ARDI system design and takes you step-by-step through the configuration process.

Installation: Debian-Based Linux (Unstable)

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:43:41 +0000

Installation: Debian-Based Linux (Unstable) ---------- This guide indicates how you can install the unstable version of ARDI. This version has new features but may have significant bugs. Unless you require the newer beta features, we strongly suggest using the

Data Bindings

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:12:18 +0000

Data Bindings A data binding is a link between a property and external data - either live or historical. A single property can be linked to several different data management systems. One for each context, and its live data. To bind a property to data, you need three items already in place.

Builders

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:51:49 +0000

Builders Builder is an access level in ARDI that allows users some ability to create and edit assets. Specifically, they can... * Assign and change property values on assets * Create, edit and delete assets * Create new relationships between assets (they may not create new relationship types)

Performing Bulk Changes

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:11:27 +0000

Performing Bulk Changes There are times when you want to change a value on many assets at once. The ARDI bulk changes interface allows you to do this. You use the relationships in your database to help you control which assets are effected by your changes. For example, you can change a property on every asset of a particular

Changing, Copying & Deleting Asset Relationships

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 01:40:03 +0000

Changing, Copying & Deleting Asset Relationships It is possible to change, copy and delete an existing relationship (or set of relationships) between assets. To do so, open the relationship details for the parent asset, and click on the modify () button next to the particular relationship you'd like to change.

Changing Asset Properties

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:35:23 +0000

Changing Asset Properties To change the properties of any of your assets (including your types), you need to get to the detail page of the asset in question. Existing Properties If the property already exists, you're in luck - all you have to do to change it is click on the property value (which will be a web link).

Checking the ARDI Error Log

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:14:34 +0000

Checking the ARDI Error Log On linux-based systems, the ARDI error log is located at /var/log/apache2/ardi-error.log. You can see the most recent logged events with the following command... tail /var/log/apache2/ardi-error.log How you resolve the issue depends on what kind of error is reported.

Citect Historian Driver Information

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:39:09 +0000

Citect Historian Driver Information Source Properties Citect Historian saves its data to Microsoft SQL Server databases. The Citect Historian drivers use the functions built-in to your database to efficiently read history. OptionUseServerThe name or IP address of your Microsoft SQL Server

Citect Live Driver Information

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:36:20 +0000

Citect Live Driver Information Source Properties When setting up your Citect driver, you'll need to provide the details needed for a CtAPI connection. OptionUsePrimary HostThe name or IP address of your primary Citect serverSecondary HostThe name or IP address of your secondary Citect server, used if the primary is unavailable. If this is blank, no secondary is used.

Complex Properties

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:06:36 +0000

Complex Properties Some property types are very simple - a line of text, a one or a zero, etc. These are properties with only one attribute. Others are more complex, such as a measurement. As well as the measurement value itself, you need to deal with the units the measurement is in, the expected range and the number of decimal places you'd like displayed.

Connecting Assets

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:39:32 +0000

Connecting Assets Although you can add relationships using the relationship details page for an asset, it's much easier to add them using the Diagrams. It's also easiest to work 'parent-to-child', meaning that you should always work in the direction a relationship travels. To see how to add new asset connections, see

Connecting Properties to Data

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:22:04 +0000

Connecting Properties to Data Setting up a data binding is a simple process - although if you are looking at connecting a large number of properties to external information, we suggest importing them. 1) Search for the asset that contains the property you want to bind. 2) Enter the

Contexts

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:38:36 +0000

Contexts Most applications only have the one context, which is automatically created when you first install ARDI. The default context is called 'Actual' and represents the real, measured data from your assets. Each context can link asset properties to a complete different set of

Coordinate Mapping

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 04:27:39 +0000

Coordinate Mapping ARDI stores the position of your assets based on an arbitrary coordinate system that is created when you first build your environment. For example, you may have created an empty environment that is 200×200 units long and wide, or based your environment off a photograph that was

HowTo: Create a new Property

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:41:57 +0000

HowTo: Create a new Property Adding a new property to ARDI is done from the administration page, accessed from the sidebar. Click on the 'Properties' list to see the area where you can add, edit and delete properties. Note that a number of properties in ARDI are built in, meaning that you can't remove them or see them in the property pages.

HowTo: Create a Property for a Digital Value

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 03:52:29 +0000

HowTo: Create a Property for a Digital Value * Go to the Administration Page (via the sidebar). * Click Properties * Click Add New Property * Enter the name of the property (see Naming Measurements). * Choose 'A Digital Status' from the type control. * Choose the value to display when the property is '0'

HowTo: Create a Property for an Analogue Value

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 03:49:24 +0000

HowTo: Create a Property for an Analogue Value * Go to the Administration Page (via the sidebar). * Click Properties * Click Add New Property * Enter the name of the property (see Naming Measurements). * Choose 'An Analogue Measurement' from the type control. * Choose the units of measurement, minimum & maximum value

Create Recording Tables in MySQL

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 01:21:59 +0000

Create Recording Tables in MySQL The SQL below creates your recording tables. Replace the word 'Recordings' with your preferred table name, but please leave the '_lookup' and '_data' extensions. ---------- CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `recordings_data` ( `measurement` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `stamp` datetime NOT NULL, `value` double NOT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

Creating a Data Source

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 03:00:49 +0000

Creating a Data Source Every data source is itself an ARDI asset, so you'll need to make sure you've created an asset to represent your I/O module, database server etc. You should quickly check out our asset guidelines if you are still yet to create these assets.

Creating Properties

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:20:18 +0000

Creating Properties Properties can be created from the properties list under Administration. Although there are several types available, the most common are... Property TypeExplanationID Number / CodeA unique identifier for the asset. This may be the identity of the asset in other information management systems

Dashboard

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 03:35:34 +0000

Dashboard The dashboard gives you an overview and a gateway to everything ARDI knows about your asset. As well as the name and description of your asset (not shown in the image above), each box gives you a different piece of information about your asset.

Data Linking / Binding

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:51:57 +0000

Data Linking / Binding Data linking (also known in ARDI as 'Binding') is the process of linking your properties to external data, such as a historian or live source. Each property on each asset can be connected to a different live and/or historical source for every

Data Link

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 01:57:36 +0000

Data Link A data link is the connection between an ARDI property and a data source. The link often includes the address or lookup value needed to find the right value from the source. See data linking for more information.

Data Sources

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 05:09:24 +0000

Data Sources Before you can link any asset to live or historical data from your system, you will need to create one or more data sources, which are the origin points of your data. Data sources represent the physical source for the data. For example, the database, remote I/O unit or server that the information is sourced from.

Data Source & Link Example

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:04:35 +0000

Data Source & Link Example Imagine that we have a temperature sensor that is connected to a Modbus/TCP accessible PLC. We would like to bring the live temperature value into our system. This example assumes you have already added a driver for Modbus TCP or Modbus TCP Gateway (for details, see

Advanced Data Source Options

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:22:39 +0000

Advanced Data Source Options Data sources can have additional options beyond those in their settings. These can be set up in the Advanced Data Source Options page. Advanced data source options are set up as key-value pairs (ie. a name and a value). They are entered in using the format of INI files, meaning they look something like the file below

Driver Date Formats

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:13:19 +0000

Driver Date Formats ARDI drivers support several different date formats. Note that most formats will also require a timezone. DateTime/TimeStamp These are dates that conform to the SQL standard, in the format of YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. Your date stamps may include decimal seconds (ie. 09:12:54.22), but the date will be trimmed to remove everything after the decimal point.

Deleting Relationships Between Assets

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 02:41:46 +0000

Deleting Relationships Between Assets If you've created a relationship between two assets that is incorrect or has changed, you'll need to delete it. There are two ways you can do this - from the diagram, or the details for your asset. Deleting from the Diagram

Deleting An Asset

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:59:38 +0000

Deleting An Asset You can delete an asset from the detail page. Choose Tools button in any of the asset details pages to find the 'Delete' button. . Note that there is no ‘undo’ function other than restoring a previous database backup. Please be completely sure before erasing an asset.

Detail: Alerts

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:17:06 +0000

Detail: Alerts The list of alerts attached to the asset can be found on the alerts page. Each is colour-coded – a green band indicates that the alert is in an ‘OK’ state, while a red or orange and indicates that it is in an ‘Alert’ state.

Detail: Data Sources

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:14:53 +0000

Detail: Data Sources This section allows you to set the asset as a data source. Remember that you must have already installed and added at least one driver before you can set up a data source. A single asset can be the data source for several different contexts or for both live and historical data.

Detail: Effects, Options and Scripts

Sun, 15 Jul 2018 23:21:15 +0000

Detail: Effects, Options and Scripts This page is only available if your license includes access to the virtual environment features of ARDI. It allows you to add effects and scripts to your assets and environments. You add animations by pressing the Edit Animations

Detail: Flow Control

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 05:27:09 +0000

Detail: Flow Control This section allows you to adjust the flow control settings for your asset. These effect how property flow works on your assets. Isolation Point By marking your asset as an isolation point for a given relationship, it will be highlighted in some clients when they request a list of active isolation points.

Detail: Media

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 03:48:21 +0000

Detail: Media This is the listing of all of the media (documents, videos, web links etc.) that are linked to this asset. If you are using addons to integrate with 3rd party systems such as Document Management Systems (DMS), some or all of the media here will be sourced from that system.

Asset Detail

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 00:49:15 +0000

Asset Detail The detail pages are used to take a closer look at your asset – it also allows administrative users to edit them. Using the detail pages, you can change the properties of your asset, such as the name, description or any one of the other properties available to assets in your ARDI system.

Detail: Placement

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 03:00:58 +0000

Detail: Placement This page allows you to change the details of an assets location, appearance, environment and behaviour. Location Note that if you don't yet have a location or appearance set for your asset, these buttons will be highlighted in

Detail: Properties

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:46:03 +0000

Detail: Properties All of the properties of your asset (including those that are usually hidden in the dashboard) are shown in the Properties tab of the assets details. Initially, only those properties that already have values are shown. These are properties that have been set previously or have been inherited thanks to a

Detail: Relationships

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:53:48 +0000

Detail: Relationships All of the relationships your assets have are shown here. You can add additional relationships using the Add New Relationships section. Simply start typing the name of the asset you want to connect to, then use the drop-list to nominate the relationship and direction.

Detail: Tools

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:59:16 +0000

Detail: Tools This page allows you to to perform additional tasks on your asset. These include... * Duplicating An Asset * Bulk Changes * Deleting An Asset See Also: * Properties * Alerts * Media * Relationships * Flow Control * Placement & 3D * Data Sources

Diagnosing Driver Issues

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 11:47:59 +0000

Diagnosing Driver Issues Having trouble with an ARDI driver? Before contacting support, there are a few pages available specifically for this situation. In the 'Drivers' page in Administration, you'll find two additional buttons down next to the 'Add New Driver' button.

Diagrams

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 06:28:02 +0000

Diagrams ARDI uses diagrams to show you how your asset is connected to others. It creates a unique diagram for every relationship your asset has. If it is part of the gas system, there's a diagram for that. If it's connected to water piping, there's a diagram for that too.

Digital

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:06:49 +0000

Digital A digital measurement is one that always has only two possible values - 0 or 1. You represent digital properties in ARDI with the status property type. Digital signals are the opposite of analog signals.

Discrete

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 01:46:41 +0000

Discrete Most measurements (such as temperature, speed etc.) are continuous values - they can be anything at all within a particular range, including fractions of values. Unlike those continuous measurements, discrete values only ever fall into very specific, fixed values.

Discrete Property Appearance

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 05:29:18 +0000

Discrete Property Appearance This page allows you to choose a colour or an icon (optional) for each of the possible states of any status or enumeration property. These colours appear in clients, such as ARDI-AR and ARDI-VE. You can access the page from the property list. Using the Page

Display Options

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 23:13:49 +0000

Display Options Certain property types include display options, which adjust how various ARDI clients display the property. A list of the assets that support display options appears below... Measurements can be given response gradients - a set of colours that allow you to add meaning to your values by assigning specific colours to particular measurements.

Drivers

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:18:55 +0000

Drivers Structure & Purpose ARDI drivers create a bridge between your ARDI system and your various data sources. Each driver provides a connection to a number of data sources, which are individual communication endpoints. For example, a single MODBUS TCP driver may handle communication for a number of different MODBUS devices. You have a single driver process running on your ARDI server to service a number of sources.

Driver Diagnostics

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:45:30 +0000

Driver Diagnostics The driver diagnostics pages are useful if you're having communication problems with one of your ARDI drivers. The main page shows you the status of each individual driver and source. If any of them appear as offline, there obviously will be no communication and you might need to

Duplicating An Asset

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 05:47:11 +0000

Duplicating An Asset You can duplicate an asset from the detail page. Choose tools to find the 'Duplicate' button. This function is particularly useful when you have a facility with a number of very similar units or sub-sections. Note that there is a special naming system to handle object duplication - for information, see the

Edit an Asset

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:55:35 +0000

Edit an Asset Almost all asset editing is done from the detail page. There are a number of tabs designed to allow you to read and/or edit different parts of your asset, from properties to relationships and alerts. Editing is mostly point-and-click (ie. just click on the item you'd like to change), including the title of the asset at the top of the screen.

ARDI Editions

Wed, 10 Aug 2016 00:15:50 +0000

ARDI Editions There are three main editions of ARDI, designed for different sized markets. Basic The basic version is designed for users who are just getting to know ARDI or are using it for small applications, rather than part of their infrastructure.

Effects and Animations

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 06:19:03 +0000

Effects and Animations Please note that this section mostly deals with ARDI-VE and the advanced visual effects you can apply to 3D models in that client. ARDI - in particular ARDI-VE - includes a range of animations and effects that can be placed on your models.

Enumeration

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 22:06:49 +0000

Enumeration An enumeration sits somewhere between a digital value and an analogue one. They are often a number that represents a particular state or message. Where a status property can handle simple on/off statuses, the enumeration type can be used if your system can be in any one of three-or-more states.

Environments

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:56:36 +0000

Environments Environments are assets that represent your physical locations - your site as a whole, or your individual buildings, for example. This asset needs to be found somewhere under the location hierarchy. Each environment can only display the assets found

Environment Construction

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 01:19:05 +0000

Environment Construction This is an advanced guide to constructing ARDI environments by directly editing the text-files involved in producing the environment information. Warning Incorrectly altering these files may cause significant issues for the server and clients, so please be extremely careful in making modifications.

ARDI Administration Exercises

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 04:29:45 +0000

ARDI Administration Exercises Here you will find a few pre-made ARDI databases, built to guide you through the process of performing some more complex tasks in ARDI. If you'd like to know how to install the backup file, see the Installing an Exercise page. Exercises Assigning Assets and Properties to Models

Free/Allocated AR Markers

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:56:25 +0000

Free/Allocated AR Markers These two reports (accessible from Tools | Reports on the Sidebar) explain how AR markers are allocated. The Allocated AR Markers report allows you to see exactly which AR markers have been assigned and to what assets. The

Gateway and Direct Drivers

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 05:18:07 +0000

Gateway and Direct Drivers For certain bus systems - such as Modbus - you can sometimes find there are two distinct types of driver. A standard driver, and a gateway driver. Standard drivers are for when there is one address (serial port or TCP/IP address, for example) for each data source. This is common when you have a large network of remote I/O modules that are accessed directly.

General Options

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 07:07:33 +0000

General Options The General Options section allows you to adjust the properties that are common across all of your ARDI databases. Most importantly, it allows you to switch between integrated and isolated modes, which changes how your various ARDI database work with each-other.

Glossary

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:57:27 +0000

Glossary Assets Relationships Properties

Guest Mode

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:48:57 +0000

Guest Mode Guest Mode allows users read only access to ARDI data without needing to login with a username or password. An ARDI server is usually protected by a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Because of this, you rarely need to protect read access to your ARDI server by requiring your users to log in again - they've successfully established who they are already.

Guides and Application Notes

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 01:07:48 +0000

Guides and Application Notes User Guides AR (Augmented Reality) User Guide VE (Virtual Environment)User Guide Web Interface User Guide Administrative Guides Augmented Reality Marker Set (0-5000 - in a zip archive) Configure a Minimal System with Data Connectivity Configuring With Spreadsheets Restoring a Backup File Setting Up Augmented Reality

Hierarchies

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:04:07 +0000

Hierarchies A hierarchy is an arrangement of items (assets, in our case) in which the items are represented as being above, below or at the same level as one another. This forms a 'tree' structure - like that found below. At their most basic level, they help to give what would otherwise be a large, daunting pool of assets a sensible, understandable and more easy-to-digest structure.

Historical Drivers

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:54:46 +0000

Historical Drivers Historical drivers access information that is time-stamped. Historical drivers are quite different to live drivers in structure. While live drivers are constantly running and feeding data to ARDI, historical drivers are only called when someone wants to look at a different point of time.

How-To Guides

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:13:20 +0000

How-To Guides Asset How-Tos Property How-Tos Relationship How-Tos Tricks and Trips

Creating An Asset

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:23:04 +0000

Creating An Asset There are a number of places you can add assets in ARDI. From the Diagram The easiest is to simply do it from your asset diagram page. The '+' buttons on the diagram will allow you to put new assets in the correct locations in your Hierarchies. Pressing the '+' button on the

How Do I: Edit an Asset

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:55:45 +0000

How Do I: Edit an Asset Almost all asset editing is done from the detail page. There are a number of tabs designed to allow you to read and/or edit different parts of your asset, from properties to relationships and alerts. Editing is mostly point-and-click (ie. just click on the item you'd like to change). This includes the name of the asset itself and the description that appears at the top of the page.

Importing and Exporting Properties

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 04:45:39 +0000

Importing and Exporting Properties The property export and import tools can be used to rapidly make changes to large amounts of asset data. It's particularly useful for when you're importing data from other systems, or doing work offline. Export

Importing Data Bindings

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:48:28 +0000

Importing Data Bindings The fastest way to begin importing data bindings is to export your existing ones. This will then include each of the columns you need to import data back into your ARDI system. File Structure The data binding import file is a CSV (comma-delimited) file containing one row of data for each property you want to link to live data.

Importing From Spreadsheets

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:50:00 +0000

Importing From Spreadsheets While you can certainly create your entire database from scratch in the ARDI interface, larger systems may benefit by being set up using the spreadsheet import. This allows you to collect data from your existing information systems to make initial setup significantly faster.

Importing Relationships

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:35:12 +0000

Importing Relationships The process of importing relationships is covered in our printed guide on the topic - Importing Bulk Relationships

Incoming and Outgoing Measurements

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:05:10 +0000

Incoming and Outgoing Measurements The Problem While most of your instruments measure a value, some others change the value instead. For example, the heat-exchanger in an air conditioner or an air-drier often looks like this... In this situation, looking at the heat-exchanger in ARDI would only show you the

InfluxDB

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:13:56 +0000

InfluxDB Influx is an open-source time-series database that can store very large volumes of data quite quickly. Unfortunately its interpolated queries are still a little bit slow when it comes to getting data before and after the window you are requesting, so for the moment it is still not a suggested ARDI historian product.

Inlet and Outlet Properties

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:30:01 +0000

Inlet and Outlet Properties If you've got an asset that changes a process value (for example, a compressor that changes the pressure or a chiller that reduces the temperature), there's a valid reason that you'd want to see both the up-stream and the down-stream temperature when you look at the device itself.

Installation

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:12:34 +0000

Installation ARDI is available in for two major platforms - Ubuntu Linux and Windows. Either way, we suggest running ARDI on a dedicated server or virtual machine. Windows Installation You can download the ARDI server installer from Once installation is complete, the setup process is identical to the one for Ubuntu - visit

Installation: Debian-Based Linux

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 23:53:37 +0000

Installation: Debian-Based Linux This guide shows you how to install ARDI on Debian-based variants of Linux, including our preferred variants, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (for virtual machines and desktops) and Raspbian for Raspberry PI. Scripted Install Optrix offers a

Installation: Windows

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:12:10 +0000

Installation: Windows This guide covers the basics to install ARDI onto a Windows 7 or 10 host. Note that this installation is only available as a 32-bit installer. Because many industrial applications are only available as 32-bit applications, ARDI needs to be installed as a 32 bit application in order to take advantage of them.

Installing an Exercise

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 04:31:19 +0000

Installing an Exercise To install one of the exercises, you'll need to overwrite your ARDI database. For obvious reasons, we suggest doing this on a training server. To restore a backup, you'll need to.... * Go to Administration * Choose Restore Database

Installing IonCube

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:37:17 +0000

Installing IonCube ARDI uses IonCube as its security system, which is a module that needs to be downloaded and added to your PHP installation in order for ARDI to function. If you've started from a blank slate and used one of our installation scripts to install ARDI, IonCube should have been installed automatically and should hopefully be working well.

The Integrated Relationship

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 06:38:11 +0000

The Integrated Relationship The Integrated relationship is another special relationship in ARDI, similar in some respects to the monitors relationship. In this case, if an asset is integrated with another one, the properties of one of the assets are visible from the other.

Administrators Guide

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:33:19 +0000

Administrators Guide This guide covers a number of administrative topics and includes a range of how-to articles to help with specific scenarios. Please ensure you've read the Site Creation Guide before you read this section. You might also want to take a look at our

I/O Servers

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:29:23 +0000

I/O Servers An I/O Server is a computer system (often a virtual machine) that gathers information for ARDI. Your ARDI server itself is normally your main I/O server, but administrators may choose to move some of the data-gathering to different systems.

Isolation

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:37:55 +0000

Isolation If a facility has sufficient monitoring installed or already (which is rare) or already has an electronic isolation tracking system in place, ARDI can provide indication of the isolation status of an asset. This function is optional and can be disabled in the

License Information

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:56:17 +0000

License Information Administrative users can get information on the installed ARDI license by clicking on the ARDI version number in the lower-right corner of the web interface. This takes you to the version page, detailing the versions of all of the installed ARDI modules.

Licensing

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:53:39 +0000

Licensing Note that this topic is covered in the video below.... Your license can be downloaded after you've both created an ARDI subscription and validated it. Creating a subscription is done through the ARDI web store. Simply sign in, hit 'Subscriptions' and create one there.

Licensing

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 02:20:51 +0000

Licensing Each installation of ARDI requires a server license. These licenses are obtained from Optrix, at First, you'll need your server fingerprint, which can be downloaded from your ARDI server before it is licensed. Please ensure you are accessing ARDI with the

HowTo: Link a Property to Live Data

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:39:38 +0000

HowTo: Link a Property to Live Data To link a property to live data, you'll first need both the property and a data source. Once you have both of those, read the section on data links to discover how to connect your property to external information, both live and historical.

List of ARDI Addons

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 06:09:53 +0000

List of ARDI Addons You might also be interested in the List of ARDI Drivers. Type Name Package Integration SeedDMS ardi-seeddms Integration Odoo ardi-odoo

List of ARDI Drivers

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:46:35 +0000

List of ARDI Drivers You might also be interested in the List of ARDI Addons. Type Name Package Database MySQL ardi-mysql Database MSSQL ardi-mssql Direct Modbus TCP ardi-modbustcp File Text File ardi-text Historian PI Web Services ardi-piws SCADA

Live Drivers

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:55:03 +0000

Live Drivers Live data drivers are used when you want to receive a stream of data updates into ARDI. Although they are called 'Live', this information doesn't have to be from real-time sources. While this information can be read directly from devices in the field, most often they are taken from the most recent records in a database.

The Location Hierarchy

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:50:43 +0000

The Location Hierarchy The Location hierarchy is the only hierarchy that is pre-installed in your ARDI system. It is intended to describe the location of your assets - if an asset is inside or part of another. By detailing which asset is within which asset, you eventually form a 'tree' structure - like that found below.

Logical Assets

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 05:26:48 +0000

Logical Assets While physical assets represent something that you can see and touch, logical assets usually represent non-physical this, such as... * Groups of Items * A specific geographic or process area For example, facilities are often broken up into 'areas', such as 'Workshop Area' or 'Staff Amenities'. Although these

Logical Relationships

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 06:36:15 +0000

Logical Relationships A logical relationship is an association between two assets that isn't physically obvious - for example, it doesn't have a pipe, cable or chain connecting the two. Logical relationships are quite open - you can make a new logical relationship to represent a wide number of different types of association.

Lookup

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:17:55 +0000

Lookup Lookups are very similar to enumerations - they translate one value into something more human-readable. The major difference between the two is the number of different values they support. Enumerations are suited to smaller, simpler sets of values - for example, having less than 10 distinct types of output text.

Managing 3D Models

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 01:01:00 +0000

Managing 3D Models You manage your list of models from the Administration page. The model list follows the same structure as all of the other admin lists and can be used to add, update and delete your collection of 3D models and their acompanying skins. Adding 3D Models Like Symbols, 3D models in ARDI are distributed in

Managing Addons

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:50:48 +0000

Managing Addons Addons extend the functionality of ARDI and allow it to connect to a variety of alternative data systems. Installing and managing addons is covered in the administrative addon documentation.

Managing Contexts

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 02:00:33 +0000

Managing Contexts You manage your list of contexts from the Administration page. The context list follows the same structure as all of the other admin lists and can be used to add, modify and delete contexts from ARDI. Erasing a context will also delete any and all data links associated with it. Re-entering or recovering this information can take quite some time. Please only erase a context if you are

Managing Databases

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:39:32 +0000

Managing Databases You manage your list of databases from the All Databases button on the Administration page. Note that if you already have multiple databases configured, you'll need to do this from the default database. The database list follows the same structure as all of the other

Managing Drivers

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:38:19 +0000

Managing Drivers You manage your list of drivers from the Administration page. The driver list follows the same structure as all of the other admin lists and can be used to add and delete drivers. Drivers Can Not Be Edited Once created, ARDI drivers can't be edited - only deleted and re-built.

Managing Properties

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:20:59 +0000

Managing Properties You manage your list of properties from the Administration page. The property list follows the same structure as all of the other admin lists and can be used to add, modify and delete properties. Special Icons As well as the standard icons present in all admin. lists, the property list includes the 'Display' icon (a picture of a camera, as shown below).

Managing Relationships

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 06:34:31 +0000

Managing Relationships You manage your list of relationships from the Administration page. The relationship list follows the same structure as all of the other admin lists and can be used to add, modify and delete relationships. Built-In Relationships Certain relationships, such as location and monitors are built-in to ARDI and cannot be removed.

Managing Symbols

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 01:12:06 +0000

Managing Symbols You manage your list of symbols from the Administration page. The symbol list follows the same structure as all of the other admin lists and can be used to add and delete symbols from your library. Adding Symbols Like 3D models, symbols are downloaded from the web. Unlike 3D models, each symbol library file can contain a

Managing Units of Measurement

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 01:22:59 +0000

Managing Units of Measurement You manage your list of units of measurement from the Administration page. The UOM list is slightly different to other lists, due to the fact that units of measurement are grouped together according to what they are measurements of. For example, all flow relationships are grouped together, the same way as

Managing Users

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:51:51 +0000

Managing Users You manage your list of users from the Administration page. The user list follows the same structure as all of the other admin lists and can be used to add, modify and delete users from ARDI. Note that you should be aware that removing a user from any database when in Integrated/Isolated will result in that user being removed from

Manual ARDI Database Installation

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:13:39 +0000

Manual ARDI Database Installation The automated installation script may fail if you already had MySQL installed on your system and had changed your password away from the default blank one. To install an ARDI database, follow the steps below... Step 1: Login to your ARDI Server

Manually Launching Drivers

Fri, 22 May 2020 00:30:45 +0000

Manually Launching Drivers If you're having trouble with a driver or a connection, you can try manually launching it, otherwise known as running your driver interactively. This way you'll see any errors that occur, without them being hidden by the service layer on Windows or Linux.

Maps and Environments

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 03:01:12 +0000

Maps and Environments In order to show 2D maps (or 3D environments in ARDI-VE), you'll need to turn one of your assets into an Environment. You do this from the Placement & 3D tab. Click on Make This A 3D Environment button. You'll need to choose between... * Starting with a Blank Environment *

Measurements

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 00:34:56 +0000

Measurements Measurements are a type of property. They are usually used to represent an analogue (ie. not 1 or 0) signal coming in from the field, but can also be used to store almost any numeric value. Measurements are an example of a complex property, in that the value is actually made up of several

Media

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 03:04:18 +0000

Media Each asset can have a number of media files associated with it. These can contain documents (such as instructional PDFs), sound files, videos, photographs or any other valid type of media that you need to store with your asset.

Modbus TCP

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:02:17 +0000

Modbus TCP Modbus is one of the most basic industrial protocols. As an open standard, it's been adopted by a wide range of devices - particularly PLCs, remote I/O systems and any device with a large number of outputs.

Modbus/TCP Gateway Live Driver Information

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:23:01 +0000

Modbus/TCP Gateway Live Driver Information Source Properties When setting up the Modbus data source, you'll be asked to specify... OptionUseIP AddressThe IP address (or host name) of your Modbus/TCP devicePortThe TCP port to connect to (usually 502)

The Model Relationship

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 03:02:06 +0000

The Model Relationship The Model relationship is used to indicate that an asset appears as part of another. ARDI allows you to specify that an asset is a component of another. For example, you might have a 3D model of a car. As long as the model is broken up internally into it's pieces, you could have a single 3D model for the car, but link ARDI assets to individual parts of the model (ie. tyres, exhaust, cylinders etc.).

The Monitors Relationship

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 06:08:14 +0000

The Monitors Relationship This relationship is one of the most complex relationships in ARDI - this section discusses why you use it, and what it does. Monitors is a logical relationship that is used to say 'Although this measurement is being taken here, it's actually measuring something located

MSSQL

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:35:21 +0000

MSSQL MSSQL (short for Microsoft SQL Server) is a popular SQL database for use as a historian in industrial products.

MSSQL Live Driver Information

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:59:38 +0000

MSSQL Live Driver Information Source Properties When setting up the MSSQL data source, you'll be asked to specify... OptionUseHostThe host name or IP address of your MySQL serverPortThe port that the MySQL server runs on (see Finding the Port Number below)

MSSQL Live Driver Information

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:57:48 +0000

Multi-Site Modes

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:10:54 +0000

Multi-Site Modes ARDI allows you to host several databases at once. This is ideal for when you have several small applications. You can simply use a single physical or virtual server to host content for a number of applications / sites / territories at one time.

MySQL

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:28:27 +0000

MySQL MySQL is an open-source database (and the database behind ARDI) now owned by Oracle. It's one of the most common database systems in the world, powering the back-end of a large number of websites.

MySQL Historical Driver Information

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:24:50 +0000

MySQL Historical Driver Information Source Properties When setting up the MySQL data source, you'll be asked to specify... OptionUseHostThe host name or IP address of your MySQL serverPortThe port that the MySQL server runs on (normally 3306)Database

MySQL Live Driver Information

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 22:57:34 +0000

MySQL Live Driver Information Source Properties When setting up the MySQL data source, you'll be asked to specify... OptionUseHostThe host name or IP address of your MySQL serverPortThe port that the MySQL server runs on (normally 3306)DatabaseThe name of the MySQL database to use

Naming Measurements

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:18:28 +0000

Naming Measurements When creating new measurements, you'll often find that you have a single measurement (ie. temperature) that can flow to several different Relationships. However, we encourage you to make different properties for different media types. Take the name of the measurement itself and place the type of

Non-Return

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:08:57 +0000

Non-Return Some assets may be marked as 'non-returns' for specific types of relationship. This is often found in regulators, one-way-valves, signal isolators etc. Non-return assets prevent property flow, zero-energy checks and isolation checks from proceeding any further up-stream. Below is an example based on our discussions of

NSSM Additional Settings File

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 23:48:24 +0000

NSSM Additional Settings File ARDI launches its services on Windows using a tool called NSSM. It is possible to add additional configuration directives to your services by modifying the nssm.conf file. The file should be found at c:\program files (x86)\optrix\ardi\drivers\nssm.conf

OPC-UA

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:15:48 +0000

OPC-UA OPC-UA is the successor to the dated OPC industrial protocol. While OPC was a leap forward in interoperability and communication between data systems, the reliance on Windows (and in particular, Microsoft DCOM) meant that cross platform use of the system was impossible.

Integrated/Isolated

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 07:58:33 +0000

Integrated/Isolated If an ARDI server has more than one database attached, the server may be set to be integrated or isolated. An integrated ARDI server.... * Has a list of every database (ie. location or site) in the sidebar. * Shares a list of users between every database.

Organisational Asset

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 01:00:58 +0000

Organisational Asset An organisational (or logical) asset is one that is used to organise and group your assets, rather than representing a specific piece of equipment. For example, departments, plant areas and process stages are all examples of organisational assets.

Orphan Assets

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 22:39:18 +0000

Orphan Assets This report details all of the assets that are orphans - they do not appear in any hierarchy. Normally, these assets should be deleted or placed back into the hierarchy, otherwise they will often end up being duplicated.

Parents & Children

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:41:07 +0000

Parents & Children When dealing with hierarchies such as the location hierarchy, you use the kinds of term you'd use when dealing with a family tree. If asset A contains asset B, then A is the parent of B, and B is the child of A. In the same way, if A contains B, which contains

Bulk Changes

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:38:15 +0000

Bulk Changes You make changes to more than one asset with the bulk changes features. This allows you to perform an operation (such as substituting text, changing names, deleting assets etc.) across all of the assets that share a particular relationship.

Physical Assets

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 05:24:10 +0000

Physical Assets A physical asset is an asset that represents a single, physical object - such as a person, a vehicle, sensor or machine. A physical asset may also have sub-components, but it represents something you can actually see and touch. Alternatively,

Physical Relationships

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 23:09:51 +0000

Physical Relationships A physical relationship is one that has a real-world physical connection between the items. So for instance, a ‘Mains Power’ relationship is made up of wires, cables and plugs - it’s physical. So are many other relationships, such as the supply of water, air or gas.

PI Web Access

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:30:23 +0000

PI Web Access PI Web Access is a component of PI Historian which is used to allow 3rd party products (such as ARDI) to get access to the recorded history. PI Web Access has replaced the older PI Web Services as the method of choice for accessing PI data.

PI Web Services

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:29:15 +0000

PI Web Services PI Web Services is a component of PI Historian that allows 3rd party applications to access the information recorded by the system. While quite robust, PI Web Services has been deprecated in favour of the new PI Web Access.

PI Web Services Historical Driver Information

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:36:50 +0000

PI Web Services Historical Driver Information Source Properties When setting up a PI data source, you'll be asked to specify... OptionUseHostThe host-name or IP address of your PI serverServer/PrefixOptional - The prefix that appears next to all of the data points

PI Web Services Live Driver Information

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:36:09 +0000

PI Web Services Live Driver Information Source Properties When setting up a PI data source, you'll be asked to specify... OptionUseHostThe host-name or IP address of your PI serverServer/PrefixOptional - The prefix that appears next to all of the data points

Placing Assets in 2D

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 01:42:21 +0000

Placing Assets in 2D The location of your assets is often very poorly documented - ARDI gives you several ways to specify the location so that you won't have trouble finding them in the future. Using the Map 1) Open the map. The easiest way to do this is to select the environment that your asst is in from the

Preparing your Properties

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:42:55 +0000

Preparing your Properties After you've established your basic hierarchy, it's a good time to prepare your list of properties. We suggest making a list of all of the properties your system currently measures, similar to the one below... MediaPropertyRangeWaterPressure

ardiadminguide:presentation_-_special_relationships

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ardiadminguide:presentation_-_terminology

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ardiadminguide:presentation_-_types

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ARDI Powerpoint Presentations

Sun, 16 Dec 2018 23:22:43 +0000

ARDI Powerpoint Presentations Here you will find Powerpoint presentations you can use for training either yourself, or others. These presentations are used as part of official Optrix product training. ARDI Administration Teminology (Powerpoint Presentation) Types (Powerpoint Presentation) Special Relationships (Powerpoint Presentation)

Profile Relationship

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:37:55 +0000

Profile Relationship The profile relationship isn't added by default, but is suggested whenever you have several pieces of equipment that share a numeric or alphabetical sequence. For example, if you have several machines doing the same basic job that are numbered 1-6 or A-F, creating a

Properties

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:52:32 +0000

Properties Each asset in your system can have any number of properties. A property is a single piece of information about that asset. Examples include... * A Postal Address * A Serial Number * A Phone Number * A Measurement (ie. Temperature, Pressure etc.)

Property Flow

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:49:22 +0000

Property Flow Certain physical relationships in ARDI can be configured to allow property values to flow through them. For example, you have the below length of pipework containing a temperature sensor, pressure sensor and a filter. Each of these components is an asset and they are all linked by a 'Water Supply'

HowTo Articles: Property Flow

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 22:37:25 +0000

HowTo Articles: Property Flow Property Flow with Relationship Branches Incoming and Outgoing Measurements

Property Flow with Relationship Branches

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 23:00:47 +0000

Property Flow with Relationship Branches The Problem One scenario that comes up relatively often is how property flow works when you're monitoring a property of your flow (ie. temperature, flow etc.) via a small branch of your main line. Take the example below, for instance.

Property Groups

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:48:08 +0000

Property Groups Properties can be grouped together when they are related. This is particularly common in measurements, where you may have a number of different properties that are variants on the same theme, or the same measurement but performed on different

Property How-To

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:46:18 +0000

Property How-To HowTo: Create a new Property HowTo: Create a Property for an Analogue Value HowTo: Create a Property for a Digital Value HowTo: Add or Set a Property on an Asset HowTo: Remove a Property from an Asset HowTo: Link a Property to Live Data

Property Types

Sun, 20 Nov 2016 10:01:02 +0000

Property Types Every property attached to your assets has a type. This describes the kind of information you'd like to store in the property. It also controls how ARDI (and its various clients) display the information to you. It's pointless showing you the GPS coordinates of an asset as raw coordinates - but ARDI can instead show you the location of the item on a map.

Readers

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 06:27:42 +0000

Readers Reader is a user-access level in ARDI that allows users to only read the information in the ARDI database - they can not change it in any way, even to alter the values of properties. This is the lowest level of access permission. If the server has guest access enabled,

Redirecting Data Sources

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:37:43 +0000

Redirecting Data Sources Available from 0.9.9 2703 Driver redirection is a feature of ARDI to allow you to set up testing/development systems that use different data source addresses (or even completely different drivers) without disrupting the sites existing configuration.

References

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:04:41 +0000

References Placing a reference on an asset allows you to see a property from one asset when you look at another. For example, you can see if a pump is running when you look at a pressure transmitter. You can create a reference to a single property, or to an entire asset.

Driver Refresh Rate

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 22:16:32 +0000

Driver Refresh Rate Most ARDI drivers work by polling your data source on a regular basis. By adjusting the timing of your drivers, you can change how quickly these polls occur. The refresh rate of your data source can be updated in the details of your asset, in the data sources section.

Relationship How-To

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:14:29 +0000

Relationship How-To How-To Add A Child To An Asset How-To Add A Parent To An Asset

Relationships

Sun, 10 Dec 2017 23:01:29 +0000

Relationships Relationships describe the connections between your assets. Each relationship has a start point, an end point and a direction. For example, a light switch feeds power to a light-bulb in the ceiling, so in this case the 'Power' relationship between the two moves from the switch to the bulb.

Remote Drivers

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:17:08 +0000

Remote Drivers In some cases where network security, performance or external access is an issue, you may want to create a remote driver. This is a driver that is running on a computer other than your ARDI server. These drivers are usually used when there is a great deal of network load on your ARDI server, when the server is not located in a suitable network location, or when the ARDI server can not join a VPN to access data, but other local hardware can.

HowTo: Remove a Property from an Asset

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 05:49:27 +0000

HowTo: Remove a Property from an Asset To remove a property from an asset, visit the assets detail page and choose the properties tab (the default). In the property list, you will see a small trash can icon () next to every property with a value. Simply click on the trash can to remove the property from the asset.

Reports Menu

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:38:25 +0000

Reports Menu This page provides quick access to useful ARDI administrative reports. The reports available include.... * Asset List * Free/Allocated AR Markers * Unlinked Properties and Alerts * Validate Links * Bad Data * Orphan Assets * Warnings * Type Combinations * AQL Query

Resetting and Purging your Database

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 22:08:25 +0000

Resetting and Purging your Database ARDI includes two options to partially or completely erase your database. These are most often used when creating training sites for people to become familiar with the ARDI administration interface, or when beginning a new database based on an existing one.

Response Gradients

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 23:06:57 +0000

Response Gradients Response gradients are specific to ARDI-VE When editing the display options of a measurement, you're given the option of changing the gradient. This controls what colour is assigned to what value. For example, when you are looking at hydraulic pressure, values under 100 may be bad, and values over 500 bad, while those in-between are fine.

Restarting Your Drivers

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:37:31 +0000

Restarting Your Drivers Although we hope it never occurs, there may come a time when things go very wrong behind the scenes and one or more of your ARDI drivers stops responding. If this happens, you can restart all of your ARDI drivers by going to the

Restoring ARDI

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 05:03:49 +0000

Restoring ARDI You can restore a previous ARDI backup by going to the administration page (via the The Sidebar). * Go to Administration | Restore Database * Click 'Choose File...' and select your backup ZIP file. * Hit Restore Database NOTE - To restore backups requires a fully-working ARDI system to be installed, which takes time and resources to set up. Our preferred method of creating a

Running ARDI on Other Ports

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:23:33 +0000

Running ARDI on Other Ports As we always suggest installing ARDI on it's own dedicated virtual machine, we would suggest avoiding this process wherever possible. But we understand that the ideal situation isn't always possible, so the guide below is provided for those times when you need to install ARDI onto a system with other services that conflict with port 80.

Running ARDI Services Under Domain Accounts

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:49:53 +0000

Running ARDI Services Under Domain Accounts ARDI includes three major types of service. Backend Services - These services include the driver management service, the live-data consolidators and MySQL. These are designed to reside on the server and should never require special rights.

Running Drivers on Remote Systems

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:01:47 +0000

Running Drivers on Remote Systems Although it is not the recommended usage pattern, ARDI can run remote drivers. These are drivers that run on systems other than the ARDI server itself. These are most often used when... * Your server is congested and is using too much network bandwidth or CPU.

Scripts

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:10:04 +0000

Scripts Scripts allow you to create guided experiences in ARDI-VE. You can use them to control the camera, adjust properties, switch between vision modes etc. You can add a number of steps together to walk people through scenarios, such as explaining how your facility operates, how to safely evacuate etc.

Server Fingerprint

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 02:22:22 +0000

Server Fingerprint The server fingerprint is a file that uniquely identifies your server configuration to Optrix so that we can prepare a license for you. To download your fingerprint, go to the 'Upload a New License' page (which you are linked to on any unlicensed server). Click on the 'server fingerprint' file to download it.

Setting Asset Appearance

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 01:12:16 +0000

Setting Asset Appearance This page allows you to change the appearance of an asset within the Virtual Environment. Asset visuals can be sorted by category, type, style, variant, and skin. You may also specify a color for the assets visual appearance as well.

HowTo: Set Asset Locations

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:35:29 +0000

HowTo: Set Asset Locations There are a couple of ways you can position your asset, depending on what information you already have to hand. If your asset has never been placed on the map, go into the details of the asset, scroll to the bottom of the property list, and click the

Sidebar

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 03:32:44 +0000

Sidebar The Sidebar On each ARDI web interface page is the sidebar, which is the dark panel on the left-hand side of your screen. When accessing the site on a small device such as a tablet or mobile phone, the side panel will be hidden by default – you can access it via the button in the top-left corner of the screen.

ARDI Admin Guide

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 23:37:11 +0000

ARDI Admin Guide SYSTEM * Installation * Licensing * Before You Begin * Backup and Restore * Upgrading ARDI DATABASES/SITES * Introduction * Managing * Backup and Restore USERS * Introduction * Access Levels * Managing ADMINISTRATION * The Admin. Page * Units of Measurement * Properties * Relationships * Contexts * Drivers * Addons * Symbols * 3D Models ASSET BASICS * Creating * Connecting * Deleting PROPERTIES * Creating * Setting *…

Simultaneous Users

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:56:47 +0000

Simultaneous Users Depending on the version of ARDI you've purchased, the number of people allowed to be accessing live data at any one time might be limited. For example, the basic variant of ARDI only allows two users to be accessing live data at any one time. This includes users who are access information from

Site Folder

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:12:31 +0000

Site Folder Every database (or 'site') in your ARDI installation has it's own unique folder, used to store files, media, cache information, settings and other important data. In most cases, this is installed along-side the application files, in the 'sites' folder of your web interface.

ARDI Special Characters

Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:48:52 +0000

ARDI Special Characters Certain characters can not be used in the names of most ARDI components (including properties, relationships and asset names). The characters include, but may not be limited to... Forbidden CharactersSemi-colonsCaretsTildesVertical Bars

Splitters

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 01:27:18 +0000

Splitters In many industrial facilities, you'll find splitters. They are devices designed to redirect product flow, in a way very similar to valves - but in this case, they are usually designed to work with bulk solids. When building relationships around a splitter, it's well worth considering what the

Starting with a Blank Environment

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 01:08:21 +0000

Starting with a Blank Environment If you don't have any images of your site - or you simply don't want to have an environment in your 3D scene - you can create an empty environment. To do this, go to the Detail: Placement page and choose Make This a 3D Environment. Then pick

States

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 05:14:13 +0000

States The state type existed in a pre-release version of ARDI and are no longer supported. The enumeration type has replaced it.

Statuses

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 05:18:30 +0000

Statuses Statuses are a type of property. They are usually used to represent an digital (ie. always '1' or '0') signal coming in from the field, but they can be used to store any data with only two possible states. Statuses are an example of a complex property, in that the value is actually made up of several

Superuser

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 06:34:34 +0000

Superuser The 'superuser' is the user with the highest level of access in ARDI and the only one who is able to create new administrator accounts. When using an external user authentication mechanism (such as Active Directory), no user group may be linked to the superuser access level. It is reserved specifically for the

Symbols

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 01:11:37 +0000

Symbols To make diagrams more informative, ARDI allows you to create a library of symbols for your assets. This replaces the standard circle that represents assets in ARDI diagrams with something that represents the function of the asset. For example, it's much easier to interpret a water flow diagram when each of your valves actually

Synchronised and Scattered Historical Sources

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:23:50 +0000

Synchronised and Scattered Historical Sources There are two main ways of recording your history. In most cases, marking your data source as sychronised will result in significantly better read performance and less server load. Synchronised Synchronised

Ports

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:32:01 +0000

Ports If you have a firewall, port level filtering or want to setup QoS, you might need to know the TCP ports that ARDI uses. For an initial installation, there are two ports - port 80 (the standard HTTP port for the web interface) and port 8079 (the default live data port).

Assigning Types

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:44:06 +0000

Assigning Types You can 'Tag' assets in your ARDI system to give them types - one or more groups that they fit in to. For example, sensors can be grouped together by them all being tagged as 'Sensor'. Tag Hierarchy The tags themselves have their own hierarchy that take them from very general classifications (ie. 'Instrument') to very specific (ie. 'Yokogawa AXF Magnetic Flow Meter'). An example appears below.

Templates

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:51:15 +0000

Templates In ARDI, a template is an asset that you'd like to be able to easily duplicate in the future. Often, there is a lot of repetition when it comes to the equipment on site. Individual instruments and sensors or even whole sections of your plant will be replicated many times.

Text-File Historical Driver Information

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:50:09 +0000

Text-File Historical Driver Information Source Properties Historical text sources are designed for situations where you have a spreadsheet or table of results with date-stamps. When setting up the text file source, you'll be asked to specify... Option

Text-File Live Driver Information

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:44:56 +0000

Text-File Live Driver Information Source Properties Live text sources are designed for situations where you have a system that regularly dumps information to a text file. When setting up the text file source, you'll be asked to specify... OptionUse

Text

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:05:37 +0000

Text Text is a type of property. They are free-form text and can contain any value you like. Text properties are not displayed on the dashboard. If you have a particularly important piece of text you'd like the user to be aware of, you should use a state instead.

Driver Date Timezones

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:12:51 +0000

Driver Date Timezones Most ARDI historical drivers will need to be given a timezone. If you have multiple different sources of information, it's important to know that you're looking at the same point in time. Unfortunately, some systems record their information in

Tools Menu

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:37:49 +0000

Tools Menu The tools menu allows you to quickly access some administrative tools that may be useful. It gives you quick access to the bulk changes feature, and your list of reports.

Transform Expression Reference

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 03:49:13 +0000

Transform Expression Reference This guide describes how to write ARDI-compatible transform expressions. This make changes to the incoming data to convert it into a more human-readable form. SCALE SCALE||||

The Transform Page

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 23:49:33 +0000

The Transform Page Transforms allow ARDI to convert the raw, unfiltered data from some sources (such as Modbus/TCP) into human-readable form. The web interface helps you build these transformations. Above is an example of the transform window when you first open it.

Transforms

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:53:36 +0000

Transforms Transforms are ARDIs way of processing incoming data - they are most commonly used to convert Digital measurements into text, or for scaling inputs from data sources such as Modbus/TCP. When creating data links through the web interface, you are guided through the creation of your transform. For information on this process, see the

Tricks and Tips

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 03:05:41 +0000

Tricks and Tips Here are a couple of tricks that can help you deal with some challenging ARDI scenarios. Flowing Properties When Sensors Aren't In-Line Sometimes you have a sensor that sits on a branch in your line, which means ARDI doesn't flow the properties down the main line. You can resolve this with the Monitors relationship.

Type Combinations

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:39:47 +0000

Type Combinations This report allows you to search for assets with specific combinations of types. Since types can be combined for different results (ie. the two types Ball Valve and On-Off Valve are often combined), this report allows you to check for those particular combinations.

Types

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:54:07 +0000

Types Types provide a way of grouping similar items together. Note that if you're familiar with the Haystack structure used in building monitoring, this term can be a little confusing - please feel free to read our information on the differences in terminology between ARDI and Haystack. In the same way that tags

Units of Measurement

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 01:25:06 +0000

Units of Measurement ARDI has a list of units of measurement for two reasons... * It makes it much harder to make typing errors when entering units if you're picking them from a list rather than entering them by hand, and * It allows ARDI to understand how to compare measurements that are in different ranges - for example, compare Degrees C vs Degrees K, or Kilopascals vs pascals.

Unlinked Properties and Alerts

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 01:02:54 +0000

Unlinked Properties and Alerts Each of these reports (accessible from Tools | Reports) allows you to see what (if any) properties and alerts in your system are not yet linked to live data. Because some properties are not intended to be linked to live data, these reports are generated on a per-alert or a per-property basis.

Unstable

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 05:18:46 +0000

Unstable An 'unstable' version of an application is otherwise known as a 'beta' version. Although it can be shown to the public, it is only suitable to those who want to use the absolute latest features. Unstable versions are named that because they may have minor or even significant bugs that may prevent the software from working correctly.

Upgrading ARDI

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 01:12:50 +0000

Upgrading ARDI For security reasons, ARDI cannot be upgraded from the web interface. The upgrade process is different depending on which platform you use. Upgrading ARDI - Linux Upgrading ARDI - Windows

Upgrading ARDI - Linux

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 01:17:36 +0000

Upgrading ARDI - Linux On Debian-based systems, the user will need to login via a terminal/SSH in order to begin the upgrade process. The following command begins an upgrade not only of ARDI but of all of the various packages installed on the server

Upgrading ARDI - Windows

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 01:17:09 +0000

Upgrading ARDI - Windows On Windows-based systems, you will need to login to the desktop on the machine, either physically, via your virtualisation system, or through remote desktop software. Upgrading the Server Download the Package If you’ve subscribed, you should receive an email announcing when the newest release of ARDI is available.

Upgrading Clients

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:51:06 +0000

Upgrading Clients As of ARDI server version 1.0.0, the server is able to offer client applications to ARDI users. To install clients, you'll need to add them to the client folder. This is located in different locations depending on your operating system.

Uploading Floorplans

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 03:43:35 +0000

Uploading Floorplans One of the easiest ways of getting your basic site layout and maps into ARDI is to upload your floor plans. The Files You can upload both bitmap and vector image files. If you have existing 3D models, or would like to create 3D geometry for your scene, please consult with a system integrator or Optrix - our Environment Creator might be the ideal product to help convert your existing information to an ARDI-compatible 3D environment.

User Access Levels

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 08:08:47 +0000

User Access Levels ARDI currently supports three different level of access. * Readers * Builders * Administrator Administrators can manage the list of ARDI users from the managing users page.

Users

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:34:18 +0000

Users ARDI allows you to have a large collection of users, each with their own login to ARDI and their own permission level. Permission Levels Permission levels include... LevelDescriptionBasicRead-only access to the assets and diagrams in ARDI. This is the same as what is available in

Colour Change Control

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 05:28:26 +0000

Colour Change Control The colour change control appears in a few places in ARDI - most commonly, when you create or update relationships. Using it is quite straight-forward. First, select the colour you want from rainbow on the right-hand side.

Validate Links

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 23:40:45 +0000

Validate Links The Validate Links report is accessible from Tools | Reports and validates your links against the list of valid live addresses uploaded to the auto-linking system. This helps to identify potential problems with bad data by pointing out which data points are linked to invalid addresses.

Creating Virtual Environments

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:56:23 +0000

Creating Virtual Environments You can see a video covering some of the steps involved in creating an ARDI-VE environment at . What You Need To begin creating a virtual environment, you need three things. 1) An existing ARDI server and database containing your assets 2) 3D models and skins for your assets 3) The environment in which to place your assets 4) Assets with both a

Version Page

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:55:08 +0000

Version Page The version page is accessed by clicking on the ARDI version number, usually found in the lower-right corner of the ARDI web interface. This page lists of the version numbers of all of the installed ARDI components - both the core server itself, and all of the drivers, addons and ancillary modules.

Video Archive

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 03:03:14 +0000

Video Archive Below are links to YouTube videos of some of our most common tasks. Properties Adding / Editing Asset Properties

Warnings

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 22:41:02 +0000

Warnings This report delivers warnings about the quality of your data. It highlights potential problems, such as assets with matching names or ID numbers, improperly-configured data links etc. This report will also automatically repair some issues for you when you run it.

Positioning Units

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 03:39:55 +0000

Positioning Units The units of measurement used for positioning your assets in ARDI are arbitrary - they are based on the environment you create. For example, starting from a photograph will result in you creating an environment measured in pixels, as that how images are sized. So uploading a

Zero Energy Status

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:52:27 +0000

Zero Energy Status Certain properties can be marked as energy types. This tells ARDI that any media that carries that property could be dangerous. When Zero Energy Status is enabled in your database settings, ARDI will indicate if any of the properties marked as an energy type have